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  • From Satire to Advertisement: A Literary Record of the 1893 World’s Fair

    From Satire to Advertisement: A Literary Record of the 1893 World’s Fair

    By Jessica Licker, Master’s in Literary History, ’24, Rare Books Graduate Assistant When I first started conceptualizing this exhibit, I was spoiled for choice of topics. I was quickly taken with the Juvenile Literature Collection, and the whimsy of some of the 19th and 20th century children’s book bindings…


  • Visual Communication in the Geological Sciences

    Visual Communication in the Geological Sciences

    By GEOL 4900 students: Emily Dietz, Alexis Hunter, Lorena Jevnikar, Peter Rhynard, Kaycee Scott, and Jada Townsend During the fall 2023 semester, students in GEOL 4900 Visual Communication in the Geological Sciences taught by professor Eva Lyon, worked with university archivist Bill Kimok and rare book librarian Miriam Intrator to include geology related materials from…


  • The Women of Ink, Pen, and Paper: Interviews from the Don Swaim Collection

    The Women of Ink, Pen, and Paper: Interviews from the Don Swaim Collection

    By Alexis Reynolds, ’27 English, Digital Initiatives Assistant “What’s that? Say again!” We’ve all been there. A lot of us probably say these four words on a constant basis. I know I do, which is why I was a bit hesitant about beginning to work on the Don Swaim Collection audio transcription project. Swaim is…


  • Digitizing “Specimens of Eastern Manuscripts and Printing”

    Digitizing “Specimens of Eastern Manuscripts and Printing”

    By Maggie Bennink, ’24 BA in History & Classic Civilizations, Digital Initiatives Assistant I was introduced to Pages From the Past over the 2023 spring semester, through an independent study led by Dr. Cory Crawford in the Classics Department. The items we looked at – a cylinder seal and a cuneiform tablet – are a…


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